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competition in the classical technique at the

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was held on 17 February at

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.Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Björn Lind Björn Johan Lind (born March 22, 1978, in Ljusterö, Uppland) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won gold medals in both the Individual and Team sprint events at Turin in 20 ...

was the defending

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champion in this event, though the event was in the freestyle technique.

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Ola Vigen Hattestad Ola Vigen Hattestad (born 19 April 1982) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 2002 through 2018. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he became Olympic champion in the individual sprint event at Sochi in 2014 File:2014 Ev ...

was the defending

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in this event which was also held in freestyle technique.

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of Sweden won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009. The last

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event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in

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and was won by Jönsson. Lind was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Jönsson was eliminated in the semifinals, and Hattestad finished fourth. It is the first Olympic medals for all three finishers. The event ended in a photofinish between Russians

Nikita Kryukov Nikita Valeryevich Kryukov (russian: Никита Валерьевич Крюков; born 30 May 1985) is a Russian former cross-country skier who competed internationally between 2006 and 2018. He was a sprint specialist who won an Olympic gold ...

and

Alexander Panzhinskiy Alexander Eduardovich Panzhinskiy (russian: Александр Эдуардович Панжинский; born March 16, 1989) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. His best World Cup finish was fifth in a sprint event in ...

with Kriukov edging out Panzhinsky who had led most of the race.

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 10:45 PST.

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals took place at 12:55 PST. ;Quarterfinal 2 ;Quarterfinal 3 ;Quarterfinal 4 ;Quarterfinal 5

Semifinals

Semifinals took place at 13:30 PST. ;Semifinals 1 ;Semifinals 2

Finals

Finals took place at 13:55 PST.

References

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Individual Sprint Classic
from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-16. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's sprint Men's cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's individual sprint cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics